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The lights on the Brooklyn Bridge stand in contrast to the lower Manhattan skyline which has lost its electrical supply after megastorm Sandy swept through New York. A record storm surge that was higher than predicted along with high winds damaged the electrical system and plunged millions of people into darkness. Mark Lennihan/AP

A French gendarme looks through a smeared visor after clashes with anti-airport protesters during an evacuation operation on land that will become the new airport in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, western France. The new airport is scheduled to be constructed for 2017. Stephane Mahe/Reuters

Models get ready backstage before the showing of the Zhang Jingjing Haute Couture Collection during China Fashion Week in Beijing. Andy Wong/AP

A boy tries to hold his umbrella against strong winds as he walks the Bay of Bengal coast in Chennai, India. The Indian Meteorological Department has advised fishermen not to venture into the open seas with Cyclone Nilam reported swirling about 280 miles southeast of here. Arun Sankar K/AP

A woman photographs the sunrise as waves driven by superstorm Sandy crash on the beach of Lake Ontario in Toronto. Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press/AP

A gardener cleans a park with a leaf blower during an autumn day in Tervuren, Belgium. Francois Lenoir/Reuters

A giraffe licks a pumpkin containing feed during a Halloween event for the media at the London Zoo. Matt Dunham/AP

A woman begs for alms on a street in Barcelona, Spain. Spain's National Statistics Institute says that the country's economy contracted 0.3 percent in the third quarter from the previous three month period. Spain is in a double-dip recession and has a 25 percent unemployment rate. Emilio Morenatti/AP

A hairdresser braids a woman's hair in her salon at the sprawling Kibera slum in Kenya's capital, Nairobi. Noor Khamis/Reuters

Uggie, a Jack Russell Terrier and star of the Oscar-winning film The Artist, holds a copy of his memoir entitled, 'Uggie: The Artist: My Story,' at an event in London. Uggie's book explains his rise from humble beginnings to being one of the most recognized canines in the world. Sean Dempsey/PA/AP

Pro-Kurdish demonstrators clash with riot police during a protest in support of Kurdish hunger strikers in Istanbul, Turkey. Some 900 prisoners in more than 50 jails have joined the action since it was launched in September. Improved jail conditions for militant leader Abdullah Ocalan is their main demand. Osman Orsal/Reuters

A woman lights a candle as she prays at a church where victims of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's purges are buried on the outskirts of Moscow. The Day of Victims of Political Repressions is marked in Russia on Oct. 30 as people gather to commemorate thousands of victims of Soviet-era political repressions. Misha Japaridze/AP

A diver in a skeleton costume feeds rays during a media opportunity to mark Halloween at the Sea Life aquarium in Berlin. Markus Schreiber/AP

A public transport driver waits for passengers in Katmandu, Nepal. Niranjan Shrestha/AP

Indonesian soldiers take pictures of burning houses as they stand guard after clashes in Balinuraga village on Sumatra island. Local media said 14 people have died from clashes between residents of Agom and Balinuraga villages in South Lampung regency. Reuters

A potential bidder views a foal at the Magic Millions sales complex on Australia's Gold Coast during an auction of Broodmares from Patinack Farm. The hammer came down at $5,200 on the first broodmare to open a three-day auction of 350 horses from the stables of faltering mining magnate Nathan Tinkler. Tinkler's rise from pit electrician to Australia's youngest billionaire has hit a hurdle, with creditors circling his stable of mining, sports and racing businesses. Tim Wimborne/Reuters

A girl stands behind a water pump at a refugee camp for Muslims displaced by violence earlier this year outside Sittwe, Myanmar. The United Nations said 22,587 people have now been displaced after unrest between Muslim Rohingyas and Buddhist Rakhines. Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

A man is reflected in a window at the headquarters of Komatsu Ltd. in Tokyo. The excavator maker has seen little impact on sales from anti-Japanese sentiment. Toru Hanai/Reuters

South Korean Christians with national flags pray during a rally against North Korea's three generation dictatorship in Seoul, South Korea. Ahn Young-joon/AP

Syrian refugees shout slogans as they protest the living conditions at Boynuyogun refugee camp in Hatay province on the Turkish-Syrian border. Murad Sezer/Reuters

Civil servants of the provincial government perform on stage Monday with Communist flags in a gala event to celebrate the upcoming 18th national congress of the Communist Party of China in Haikou, south China's Hainan province. The party congress will start on Nov. 8 in the capital city of Beijing, where Chinese President Hu Jintao and most of the Communist Party leadership will begin to hand over power to younger colleagues in a once-a-decade political transition. AP

Waves pound a lighthouse on the shores of Lake Erie near Cleveland. High winds spinning off the edge of superstorm Sandy took a vicious swipe at northeast Ohio, uprooting trees, cutting power to hundreds of thousands, closing schools and flooding parts of major commuter arteries that run along the lake. Tony Dejak/AP

A model displays a creation by designer Elizaveta Bogdanovskaya during an international avant-gardes fashion contest at the University of Technology and Design in St. Petersburg, Russia. Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters

Muslims who escaped recent violence in Kyukphyu, Myanmar, gather on beach near a refugee camp. The violence between Buddhist Rakhines and Muslim Rohingyas has killed 84 people and wounded 129 since October 21, according to an official toll, in Myanmar's biggest test since a reformist government replaced a military junta 18 months ago. Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters

Residents stand over vehicles that were submerged in a parking structure in the financial district of Lower Manhattan, New York. The southern tip of Manhattan, where Wall Street and the NYSE are located, lost power on Monday after being buffetted by Hurricane Sandy, the worst storm to hit New York since at least 1938. Adrees Latif/Reuters

Residents talk to a member of the Free Syrian Army passing by their house during clashes with pro-government forces in Haram town, Syria. Asmaa Waguih/Reuters

Ducks walk through pumpkins for sale for Halloween in Warsaw, Poland. Halloween comes on the eve of All Saints’ Day, a national holiday in predominantly Catholic Poland when late relatives are remembered. It was introduced after the 1989 transformation to democracy and is increasingly popular chiefly among children. Czarek Sokolowski/AP

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Hardline Islamist insurgents, including the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front, now control a second Syrian province after Raqqa, the stronghold of the Islamic State group. But ISIS isn't allied with the Islamists who tookover Idlib.

ByMariam Karouny, ReutersMarch 28, 2015

Islamist groups including Al Qaeda's Nusra Front - but not ISIS - have seized the city of Idlib for the first time in Syria's civil war, fighters and a monitoring group said on Saturday.